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Chemosh had a martial role, due to which the Moabite king Mesha called him "the subduer of the enemies of Moab", and ascribed to Chemosh his own military victories, [2] and, due to his identification with π€π€π€π€ (ΚΏAštar), who was the Arab deity of the planet Venus, Chemosh appears to also have had an astral aspect.
The occasion was the erection of a sanctuary for Chemosh in Qarho, the acropolis (citadel) of Dibon, Mesha's capital, in thanks for his aid against Mesha's enemies. Chemosh is credited with an important role in the victories of Mesha, but is not mentioned in connection with his building activities, reflecting the crucial need to give ...
The two main sources for the existence and history of King Mesha are the Mesha Stele and the Hebrew Bible.. Per the Mesha Stele, Mesha's father was also a king of Moab.His name is not totally preserved in the inscription, only the theophoric first element Chemosh(-...) surviving; throughout the years scholars have proposed numerous reconstructions, including Chemosh-gad, [2] Chemosh-melek, [3 ...
Mesha was responsible for flocks (MI line 31: "I led [my shepherds] up there [in order to tend the] sheep of the land"; 2 Kings 3:4). [37] Mesha was a man who could take human life as a religious act of devotion to his god (MI lines 11–12, 15–17, "I slew all the inhabitants of the town [Ataroth], a spectacle for Chemosh and Moab. ...
According to II Kings, at times, especially in dire peril, human sacrifices were offered to Chemosh, as by Mesha, who gave up his son and heir to him (2 Kings 3:27). Nevertheless, King Solomon built a "high place" for Chemosh on the hill before Jerusalem ( 1 Kings 11:7 ), which the Bible describes as "this detestation of Moab".
The Mesha Stele from about 840 BC was erected commemorating Mesha's victory over the "son" of Omri, but he fails to say which one.He states that he massacred all the Israelites at Ataroth as satisfaction for the blood lust of Chemosh and Moab.
Gad is mentioned in the Mesha Stele (ca 840 BCE), where the Moabite king Mesha boast about his conquest of Atoroth (very probably Khirbat Ataruz): "And the men of Gad dwelled in the country of Ataroth from ancient times, and the king of Israel fortified Ataroth". Also Mesha calls his father " Chemosh-gad, king of Moab, the Dibonite", indicating ...
Mesha rebelled against Israel probably during the reign of Jehoram (ruled c. 850 – c. 840 BCE), who was occupied with a war against Aram-Damascus under the rule of Hazael in the north. He captured Ataroth and killed its inhabitants as offering to his god Chemosh. Later he settled the town with the Sharonites and Maharatites (two unknown ...